Synodic month length 29.38 days

Length of current 368 lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 10 minutes. It is 1 hour and 18 minutes shorter than next lunation 369 length.

Lunation length shorter than mean

Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 34 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 35 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.

Lunar orbit position on 20 October 2029 Saturday 12:00 UTC

True anomaly ∠348.5°

This New Moon true anomaly is ∠348.5°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠3.8°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).

Moon before apogee

12 days after point of perigee on 8 October 2029 at 11:26 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 2 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 23 October 2029 at 02:02 in ♉ Taurus.

Distance to Moon 402 686 km

Moon before descending node

7 days after its ascending node on 12 October 2029 at 17:59 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 6 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 27 October 2029 at 05:23 in ♊ Gemini.

Draconic month

Moon before northern standstill

8 days after previous South standstill on 12 October 2029 at 01:50 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-23.772°. Next 6 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠23.659° in the next northern standstill on 26 October 2029 at 12:40 in ♊ Gemini.